Happy New Year 2021. What a year 2020 was! Despite all the upset, though, we kept learning languages together. As we make a fresh start, it’s time to look back on the last twelve months of language learning and talking about language learning and even to look ahead a bit. My language learning and yours In 2020 I didn’t start a new language but I very much … [Read more...]
German genitive case: the only guide you’ll ever need
In this example-packed post you’ll discover how to form the German genitive case and what it’s used for. There are some nifty genitive-avoiding workarounds too! Genitive-avoiding? Yep, the first of three good pieces of news about the case is that it’s by far the least-used of German's four cases. Even in higher registers of written German, the … [Read more...]
Best Black Friday / Cyber Monday language learning deals 2025
(Updated Friday 5 December '25) The Black Friday through Cyber Monday language learning deals for 2025 are now largely over but until Sunday 7 December the MONDLY and BABBEL deals are STILL open. Kerstin Cable's Fluency Bundle is also still available till Sunday 7 December. Below you'll find the best deals on my favourite courses. Check them out below and sign up to my free … [Read more...]
Japanese update: August to October
Here's an autumn update on my Basic Japanese Project (update vid at the end of the post). I started learning the Japanese twenty months ago in preparation for my first visit to Japan (last October). I had a great time there both exploring as a tourist in Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Kyoto and Tokyo and attending the Polyglot Conference. Since then, I've continued with this … [Read more...]
Learning Japanese: Month 19 update
July was a big month in my Japanese journey: I started speaking Japanese with a teacher. During the month I had with six one-to-one conversational sessions online. In this latest monthly update on my Project Japanese, I'll tell you all about that in the context of my wider efforts to learn the language (also as a vid at the bottom of this post). I started learning the … [Read more...]